Davis P
Well at least date movie is better than some of the other parodies made by the same people that made this one. Epic movie and meet the Spartans were let's just face it, failures. And I'm not saying that this is a good movie because it's not but at least it's a little bit better than those. I actually liked the chemistry that the main couple in the movie had. I really liked them as single actors as well, The guy was cute and lovable and he was funny as well, and the girl was just really easy to like. Some of the gags were too crude and just kind of fell flat and it wasn't really a funny movie overall. I don't know I mean some scenes were actually kind of entertaining and a little bit amusing, but the scenes that weren't funny overpowered the scenes that were. I thought the comical orgasm scene from when Harry Met Sally was kind of clever, but other than that I mean the rest of the gags were just kind of worn. So that's why I'm giving this movie a five out of 10, I'm giving it a five for being better than other parody films I've seen, and because I liked the chemistry between the two main characters.
Python Hyena
Date Movie (2006): Dir: Aaron Seltzer / Cast: Alyson Hannigan, Adam Campbell, Eddie Griffin, Tony Cox, Jennifer Coolidge: Vulgar satire of romances such as My Best Friends Wedding, Bridget Jones's Diary, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Meet the Parents, Meet the Fockers, Napoleon Dynamite, Wedding Crashers, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, Wedding Planner, Hitch, What Women Want, and King Kong to name a few. Starring Alyson Hannigan as a fat waitress who is transformed into a looker and matched up with a potential date. Obviously inspired by the success of Scary Movie and Not Another Teen Movie. Director Aaron Seltzer proves to know the date movie clichés and exploits them. The premise works but story is standard fare. Hannigan is perfect as the hopeless waitress yearning for love. Adam Campbell plays a good foil as the potential Mr. Right. Their relationship is standard and predictable but they have superb comic chemistry. Eddie Griffin is hilarious as Hannigan's father in a jab at There's Something About Mary. Tony Cox plays the progressive Hitch but it is a one joke performance and the Will Smith reference is of little amusement. Jennifer Coolidge is another fine comic talent often ushered into these films and she will always be funnier in American Pie as Stifler's mom. Whether one wishes to share this film with a date doesn't divert the fact that it knows the clichés. Score: 6 ½ / 10
michaelhirakida
Listen here you little #@$%heads, Just because you think the writers made a bad movie doesn't me you should give them death threats. I would slap all of you but its unfortunate that I cannot. Friedberg and Seltzer are not perfect directors in any means, but I think they're movies are funny. VERY, VERY funny. Very few people are afraid to talk about movies like this because if they say they like it their opinion is silenced with death threats. Stop being ignorant you guys. This movie is not hilarious by any means but it is funny in some parts.Julia Jones is a overweight Greek, Indian, Japanese Jew who works at her parent's Greek restaurant. She meets the perfect man and becomes beautiful later on. They plan to get married but will her farther approve of this and will another woman get in the way? The Casting for this film was the start of casting the same people in all of their movies. Tony Cox, Adam Campbell and Carmen Electra are most of the people who show up in these kinds of movies.Friedberg and Seltzer prove that you don't need good jokes to make a good movie. You can have good and bad jokes as well to make a good movie. I love slapstick in these type of movies because they work so well. For me that is, because my taste in comedy is different then everyone Else's. One of my favorite jokes is the beginning of the film where Julia dances on the street to get a man but fails and falls flat.But the second half and third act of this film isn't quite that funny. Sure there is a laugh here and there but its not like there are so many at once. I guess they were being more serious with this movie then any of they're other parodies.Date Movie is not perfect by any means necessary. But it is funny for me. By the way, Im going to be reviewing all of their films. So you just stay tuned for the same stuff! 79/100 B
gigan-92
This film falls far short of "Scary Movie", or it sequel, even in comparison to the terrible third and fourth. And that's really, REALLY, saying something. The jokes are predictable, being composed of pathetic fart jokes, potty humor and random cursing and innuendo. I literally sat through the whole movie with a blank face and wondered what drives a studio to the point of desperation to release this kind of a movie? The only entertainment I got out of this blunder was the "anit-commntary" when I had rented it. You heard me right, an anit-commentary. So, the film makers knew their work was so lackluster they actually paid two critics to make fun of their own creation. I'll be damned. Wow, the only movie that makes you feel stupid for even renting it in the first place.
AD
